Breakfast Ideas For Eight Month Old

Food ideas for babies as young as 8 months can be hard to think of. Babies of this age cannot live on milk all day and also their teeth are still not developed for every food. Giving the same food daily is also not an option. It is essential that the baby gets all the nutrients in breakfast.

The 3rd important ingredient is vitamin. Make sure that s/he gets plenty of vitamins and for little babies fruits are the main source of it. Try to give only fruits so that s/he develops a taste for them. If your toddler doesn’t want to eat fruits then you can mix it with a cereal.

In short, in every breakfast your goal should be to feed your baby proteins, carbohydrates to digest proteins and vitamins to help rev up the metabolism.

Always feed 120 ml of baby food with every meal. You will have to wait to feed your little one idlis, vadas, upma and poha etc. for breakfast. S/he can have these when s/he is around 10 – 12 months of age.

Encourage finger foods at the of age 9 months. It is very important for the development of hand eye coordination , gross and fine motor skills. Introduce textured foods as soon as you think the baby has stopped gagging and has started chewing. Encourage finger foods early so that you can raise your little one into an independent self feeding child by the time s/he is 12-13 months.

How To Know If The Baby Is Ready For Textured Food:-

Here are a few tests you will need to do to find out if your baby is ready for textured foods. Boil some carrots and apples and cut them into 1/4th of an inch cubes. Make sure that the pieces are soft and tender enough to be crushed with baby’s gums.You can put the baby on a high chair or anywhere where he or she regularly eats.Keep observing what s/he does. Pick up a few pieces and show her/him how to eat. Kids learn with imitating their caregivers. Initially the baby may not get it or may not show the desired response but if you continue doing so, s/he will pick it up and eat it. Try with fruit melts or puffs that dissolve in their mouths.

Comments

Hi Anamika, Wonderful breakfast ideas for 8 month old. I also give fruits like banana. You could mush some up in a bowl with some yoghurt My son loves shredded wheat bitesize…I warm a little milk, let them soak then drain the excess so that he can pick them up and feed himself them one by one.
I also shop online for baby foods at firstcry.com. You can check out their food section, they have good food supplements for babies and kids.